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The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatisesThe marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises
The marrow of the oracles of God. Or, divers treatises containing directions about six of the weightiest things can concern a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.The marrovv of the oracles of God. Or, diuers treatises containing directions about sixe of the waightiest things can concerne a Christian in this life. by N. Bifield, late preacher of Gods Word at Isleworth in Middlesex.
London: printed by John Legatt, 1630
THE CURE OF THE FEAR OF DEATH. › Chapter 4THE CVRE OF THE FEARE OF DEATH. › Chapter 4
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. Death makes an end of all the tempests and continual storms, with which our life is tossed: it is the Haven and Port of rest: and are we so mad as to desire the continuance of such dangerous tempests, rather then to be in the Haven whither our journey tends?
1. Death makes an end of all the tempests and continuall stormes, with which our life is tossed: it is the Hauen and Port of rest: and are we so mad as to desire the continuance of such dangerous tempests, rather then to be in the Hauen whither our iourney tends?
2. Death is a sleep: For so 1the dead are said to to be asleep, 1 Thess. 4. 14. Look what a bed of rest and sleep is to the weary labourer, such is Death to the diligent Christian. In death they rest in their beds from 2the hand labours of this life, Isaiah 38. Revel. 14. 13. And was ever the weary labourer afraid of the time when he must ⟨p. 674⟩lie down and take his rest?
2. Death is a sleepe: For so 1the dead are said to to be asleepe, 1 Thess. 4. 14. Looke what a bed of rest and sleepe is to the weary labourer, such is Death to the diligent Christian. In death they rest in their beds from 2